Windows XP mode Freeze

Hello,
I installed VS 2008 within Windows XP Mode running under Win 7. The installation successfully completed. I closed the final window. After that, when I click on anything there is no response. As if the whole XP mode windows
is like a picture rather than an Win XP window. Only functions that work are the Menu items such as Action, Tools etc. I restarted the virtual machine and even the whole computer all the same. I disabled the "Integration Features" and restarted the virtual
mode, still the same. How can I bring life to my Windows XP Mode? I really need this running since I can develop some my application only under Windows XP mode. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Hello,
I found the solution in this forum. I needed to delete "Windows XP Mode.vsv" file in the "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC\Virtual Machines" folder. The virual machine that restarted, and everything
worked.
Thank you artiste1!

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This is about a question you posted to the Firefox Support forum three months ago (I'm sorry you never got an answer).
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I am not that familiar anymore with troubleshooting Windows XP, but way back in the day I seem to recall that the Windows recovery console would be used to fix issues like the one you're describing. It sounds like you may have a corrupted boot sector if it keeps going into the windows recovery mode. The solution could be as simple as using the last known good configuration or possibly doing a system restore. You may want to try this link on Technet that explains the recovery console and the tools available in it like fixmbr..
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64-bit Windows 7 Pro's Windows XP Mode, Palm Desktop 4.1.4 sync with Palm Vx?

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Just did a clean install of windows 7. I then downloaded windows XP mode and Windows Virtual Mode. Everything ran flawlessly and everything is updated. I needed to Install a program called Dentrix 10.5 which can only be installed on Windows
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Still being in Windows XP Mode I wanted to see how it would run. I hit Start Menu, All Programs, Startup Programs, and clicked on the Dentrix Application. Once I clicked it the time glass on the mouse was there for a few seconds and
then went away without the application starting up at all. One thing that I'm thinking is why after I clicked Start Menu, All programs, is why was Dentrix not in its own folder and instead in the Startup programs after All programs? Any Ideas how
to get the program to run? Like I said, I am trying to run the program in Windows XP Mode and not Windows 7 as I have found many Q's and A's on only how to do that. Also this is the second application which I downloaded and the first being Microsoft
Security Essentials so I know I don't have some virus from keeping from opening the Dentrix Application. Incase you are wondering the Microsoft Security Essentials opens and runs fine in Windows XP Mode. So Pretty Much My Main question is: Why
my application not starting up in Windows XP Mode? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Once I clicked it the time glass on the mouse was there for a few seconds and then went away without the application starting up at all.
A couple times a week I open Dentrix 11.0 in a virtual machine on Windows 7. I experience the same thing almost every time I open the VM. I must first get Windows to "reconnect" my network for me. Do this by opening Start | My Computer, and
double-click on the mapped network drive leading to the Dentrix data. After I can see the Dentrix data drive, Dentrix will be able to read it too and will open correctly.
In Dentrix, seeing nothing (or briefly seeing a hourglass and then seeing nothing) is a classic sign that either:
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.NET 1.0.
Have you tried installing directly in Windows 7? I have a specific reason why I don't (I have a newer version of Dentrix installed on my Win 7 machine, and use the VM to go back to an older database occasionally - so I can't mix two different program versions
on the same machine). If you were to try installing this program under Windows 7 directly, Dentrix will launch the Microsoft .NET Framework install after the Dentrix install is completed. Just cancel out at that point (Windows will probably give you an "incompatibility"
error message anyway before allowing the install to go through) and I believe you can run it under Windows 7. That might eliminate the networking-through-the-VM issue. So, if you have no other reason not to install Dentrix on your Windows 7 machine directly,
I'd try it. You might be surprised and if it works, you'd save yourself some headache with connecting the to network through the virual machine.
Is why was Dentrix not in its own folder and instead in the Startup programs after All programs?
During the installation, on the Select Program Folder screen, you must have clicked the "Startup" option under Existing Folders. By default, "Dentrix" will be typed into the box at the top. If you simply clicked Next, it would have gone
to the correct location. The screen is a little confusing, because something in the list will be highlighted by default, but what is typed into the box at the top will actually be used.

LPTI redirect in Virtual WIndows XP mode using WIndows 7 Pro

I have an application that only prints to LPT1. The application only can run on XP so I installed it on Virtual Windows XP mode. The application works ok but I cannot print. The printer I have is a USB printer that is installed on Windows 7 Pro and I am
able to share that printer in XP mode. In the past when the application was installed on a dedicated XP Pro operating system, I was able to get the application to print to my USB printer by using the NET USE LPT1 command.
My problem now is how to I get the application installed on Virtual Windows XP mode to be directed to the shared USB printer on Windows 7 Pro when it is looking for LPT1
Your help is greatly appreciated.

Hi,
XP Mode does not have access to parallel ports so the DOS command to use LPT1 within XP Mode will fail, have you checked this link?
http://superuser.com/questions/182655/how-do-i-simulate-a-parallel-lpt-printer-with-a-usb-printer
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